Welcome to the latest edition of ‘IPAA Connect’, a weekly collection of

curated content and resources from across the public sector.

This week our Work with Purpose podcast features Michael Outram APM,

Commissioner of the Australian Border Force, and Reece Kershaw APM,

Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police. It's interesting to hear their

reflections on some of the law enforcement challenges during a pandemic.

Next week's podcast discussion is with Mike Burgess, the Director-

General of Security, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Mike

will share with us some of the challenges ASIO is facing and will also talk

about transparency and leadership.

Shortly we'll be bringing you some perspectives from outside of the

Australian Public Service. Last week our National President, Dr Gordon de

Brouwer PSM, interviewed Chris Eccles AO, the Secretary of the

Department of Premier and Cabinet in Victoria. It's a great discussion and

I look forward to sharing it with you.

If you have any areas you're keen for us to feature, email me here.

Drew Baker Chief Executive Officer

IPAA ACT

WORK WITH PURPOSE

EP#9: FIGHTING CRIME DURING COVID-19 REECE KERSHAW APM AND MICHAEL OUTRAM APM

In this week's episode we sit down with Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, Reece Kershaw

APM, and Commissioner of the Australian Border Force, Michael Outram APM. They talk about

the challenges of enforcing values and meeting community expectations, and work they have done to

minimise the impact of criminals in Australia and from overseas. Listen to the full episode and read the

transcript on our website.

WORK WITH PURPOSE JUNE PODCASTS

Our upcoming 'Work with Purpose' episodes scheduled for June include:

Tuesday 9 June | Mike Burgess

Director-General of Security

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

Monday 15 June | Professor Brendan Murphy and Caroline Edwards

Chief Medical Officer and A/g Secretary, Department of Health

Monday 22 June | a special edition on Oversight

Michael Manthorpe PSM, Commonwealth Ombudsman

Grant Hehir, Auditor-General of Australia

Angelene Falk, Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner

Monday 29 June | David Fredericks PSM

Launch of Innovation Month 2020

Secretary of the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources

Click here if you'd like to suggest a future speaker.

WHAT'S ON @ IPAA

IPAA ACT | DELIVERING BETTER RESULTS IN GOVERNMENT

4 JUNE 2020 | WEBINAR

For over 20 years, Deliverology® has been transforming the way

governments deliver. Leaders across the globe have adopted the process

to help them create better lives for the people they serve. Discover how it

can help you deliver meaningful results for citizens, that last.

IPAA ACT | WORKING ACROSS SECTORS

10 JUNE 2020 | FUTURE LEADERS SERIES LIVE-STREAMED

Join Dr Stephanie Fahey, CEO of Austrade, and Dave Peffer, Deputy

CEO of the Canberra Health Service, for our next Future Leaders

Series event. They'll share their leadership experiences working across

the public and private sectors. Details and registration here.

IPAA ACT | DESIGN + SYSTEMS THINKING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

24 JUNE 2020 | LIVE-STREAMED

Join IPAA ACT, in partnership with the Australian Taxation Office, for

an event on building knowledge, capability and advocacy for addressing

large scale and complex government challenges through the use of design

and systems thinking. Details and registration here.

IPAA SA | MENTAL WELLBEING SERIES WITH DR JOHN BRAYLEY

5 JUNE 2020 | ONLINE

IPAA SA's inaugural COVID-19 Mental Wellbeing - Interview

Series will feature South Australia’s Chief Psychiatrist Dr John Brayley.

Dr Brayley will speak about the mental health impacts of COVID-19,

working from home and his latest research. Details and registration here.

SPIRIT OF SERVICE

KAT TERRIS

SERVICES AUSTRALIA

Here's the latest video in our Spirit of Service series, which

showcases the diverse personal experiences of passionate and

hardworking APS staff responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This week we visit Kat Terris, Senior Data Analyst at Services

Australia, who is based in Shellharbour.

Kat reflects on the work she feels most proud of as part of her

department’s response to COVID-19.

USEFUL TOOLS

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK

It's the last day of Reconciliation Week, which gives us all an opportunity

to reflect on the week's discussions, events and the roles we can play in

the future to bring us closer to reconciliation. Head to the Reconciliation

Australia website for more information.

20 YEARS ON: CROSSING THE BRIDGES FOR RECONCILIATION

A Reconciliation Week highlight for us is this ABC and Reconciliation

Australia Facebook event on the bridge walks of 2000 and the role of

reconciliation since then. Panellists include Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP, Hon

Linda Burney MP, Reconciliation Australia CEO Karen Mundine and

University of Wollongong Lecturer, Summer May Finlay.

ACT GOVERNMENT | EASING OF RESTRICTIONS ROADMAP

A roadmap outlining how and when the ACT Government plans to ease

restrictions put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19 was released

recently. Get the recovery plan and read the latest FAQs on what's

changing here.

SAFE WORK AUSTRALIA | COVID-19 WORKPLACE ADVICE

Safe Work Australia has published COVID-19 information for workplaces,

including advice and resources about avoiding transmission in office

environments. They also provide a useful overview of how employer and

employee duties under the WHS Act relate to COVID-19.

AT HOME WITH IPAA (WELL, SORT OF BACK TO WORK WITH IPAA)

Welcome to IPAA's new in-house studio.

In response to putting our face-to-face events on hold, and not wanting to waste the excellent content we

had in the pipeline, we've turned our hands to pre-recording and live-streaming events and producing

podcasts...with some expert technical assistance to ensure quality, of course!

Here we're testing the equipment and also trialling Microsoft Teams as a live-streaming and webinar

platform, as we work towards improving accessibility for IPAA members by delivering online events using

GovTEAMS.

IPAA is happy to partner on events with departments that use the studio. Email us to find out more.

EVENTS CATCH UP

NAIDOC: A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT INDIGENOUS POLICY AND EVALUATION STRATEGY

2 JULY 2019 – MoAD, OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE

To round out National Reconciliation Week, we're highlighting our NAIDOC event featuring a keynote

presentation by Romlie Mokak, Indigenous Policy Evaluation Commissioner at the Productivity

Commission, followed by a panel discussion. As Romlie noted at the breakfast, "The NAIDOC theme, by

definition, seeks for all Australians to work together...‘Voice, Treaty, Truth’ puts forward a proposition to

the Australian people about a shared future." Check out the full video below, or view more event

resources on our website.

View the video (60 minutes)

PARTNERS

IPAA EVENT RESOURCES

You can access past event photos, videos,

transcripts and more on the IPAA website.

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